Oh, For a 'DELETE' Button!
13 October 2006
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
Dear Editor:
Re the current political campaigns: Every day I'm bombarded with e-mails, supposedly from Africa, written by strangers promising to make me rich while at the same time enabling me to serve a worthy cause. These messages drip with mock-sincerity and faux familiarity, each writer assuring me that I can trust him or her fully. All I need do is to give these correspondents ready access to my wealth by sending them my bank-account number.
Of course, I wouldn't dream of trusting such people. And for the same reason I wouldn't dream of trusting a similar gaggle of glib strangers who, at this time of year especially, assure me that if they have access to my wallet (and my liberties) they will make me richer while they also make the world a better place. Unfortunately, unlike with the first set of scoundrels, I can't easily hit a 'delete' button to rid my life of politicians.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
Dear Editor:
Re the current political campaigns: Every day I'm bombarded with e-mails, supposedly from Africa, written by strangers promising to make me rich while at the same time enabling me to serve a worthy cause. These messages drip with mock-sincerity and faux familiarity, each writer assuring me that I can trust him or her fully. All I need do is to give these correspondents ready access to my wealth by sending them my bank-account number.
Of course, I wouldn't dream of trusting such people. And for the same reason I wouldn't dream of trusting a similar gaggle of glib strangers who, at this time of year especially, assure me that if they have access to my wallet (and my liberties) they will make me richer while they also make the world a better place. Unfortunately, unlike with the first set of scoundrels, I can't easily hit a 'delete' button to rid my life of politicians.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Friday June 1, 2007 at 4:40pm